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Astros Around the Horn: Shortstop

Derrick Brannon — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 15:43:08 +0000

The Astros have historically been weak at shortstop. They were possibly at their best at that position when they traded for 31-year old, errr, 33-year old Miguel Tejada… after his prime. That said, today we’ll take a look at the shortstop position, and in doing so I’ll try to hold back my optimism about the [...]

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Player Card: Jonathan Villar

Greg Thurston — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:58:08 +0000

Shortstop prospect Jonathan Villar has been invited to Astros Spring Training for the second straight year. Last year, Villar spent his age 21 season at AA Corpus Christi. But, in July, the season came to an abrupt end for Villar when he punched a door and broke a bone in his hand. The physical tools are there. The Astros want Villar to concentrate on improving his mental game this spring.

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Astros Complete Mega Trade with Blue Jays

Brian Hamilton — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:05:06 +0000

So I get to the theater to see “The Dark Knight Rises”, I park the car, buy the ticket and on my way into the theater, I pull up twitter on my iPhone and see that we have completed a mega deal with the Blue Jays involving ten players. The Astros have traded starting pitcher, J.A. Happ along with relief pitchers Brandon Lyon and David Carpenter to Toronto for a package of seven players including a player to be named later and two current major leaguers. The current major leaguers are RP, Francisco Cordero and OF, Ben Francisco, who will report directly to the Astros while the minor league players acquired include Asher Wojciechowski (1st rnd pick in 2010), Joseph Musgrove (1st rnd pick in 2011), Carlos Perez and David Rollins. More on these guys after the jump.

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